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Moskva Shipwreck press conference

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:33:05 +0000

Press release

ProTV News

Mirce Popa at “Nimic Important” TV-Show on Antena 2

Discovery of Moskva Shipwreck

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:09 +0000

Moskva Shipwreck discovered by Respiro and GUE Divers

Respiro Society Annual Conference

admin — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:00:03 +0000

Bucharest, 06 November 2010

It will be the time to present in detail the undergoing projects, the achivements of 2010 and plans for 2011. The conference will cover underwater archaeology, shipwrecks and ancient sites of the Black Sea, volunteearing program and partners involvement.

Photo / Video contest

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:00:09 +0000

Photo

Each competitor may enter up to three photographs for each section he/she witshes to compete. The seme competitor can enter more then one section in the same time. Each image must be 500px in length, withought frames, borders or watermarks. The jury will award first, second and third place for each section. Prizes will include underwater photo equipment, scuba diving equipment and dive trips. The sections are:

Wrecks
Macro Life
Landscape
Animal Portraits

All entries must be submitted until 1st of September 2010

Video

“Underwater World”

Entries should be no more than 5 minutes in length with an underwater content of no less than 70%. Any number of entries per competitor may be submitted. Each entry must be accompanied by a description of the video, where and when it was shot and on what equipment. The film may have been taken anywhere in the world. The work submitted must have been taken by the individual submitting the entry and whose signature appears on the entry form. Videos must adhere to conservation rules and they will be automatically disqualified if they exhibit any of the following:

Marine life being touched or stressed.
Marine life being fed
Marine life set in any unnatural environment or location
Aquarium or pool shots
Divers disturbing or damaging underwater environment.

The jury will award first, second and third place. Prizes will include underwater video equipment, scuba diving equipment and dive trips.

All entries must be submitted until 1st of September 2010

Research for Minesweeper BTSC-410 Vzryv

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:24:34 +0000

The BTSC-410 Vzryv was en route in the Black Sea southeast of Constanta with the Romanian minelayer NMS Admiral Murgescu (812 tons), when the Soviet vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U-19 at 05.22 hours on 2 Sep, 1944. She was the last victim of the U-boats in the Black Sea. Since Romania had only recently declared war on Germany (25 August), the Soviets accused the Romanian Navy of treachery and complicity in the sinking of this vessel, because the Romanian minelayer was not attacked. On 5 September, the Soviets cited this sinking as an excuse for the seizure of the Romanian fleet.

Kids underwater discovery day

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:00:13 +0000

The event proposes to open the underwater world to children. Each child, minimum age of 8, will be accompanied by a professional Instructor ar Divemaster for an “exploration” experience not to be forgettable.

On the first day we will visit The National History and Archeology Museum of Constanta, The Sea Museum and The National Museum of Natural Science. On the next day we will organize pool dives and sea dives for the kids depending on their abilities.

Volunteers are more than welcomed, are needed!!!

The volunteers are asked kindly to register until 1 August 2010.

Research for the Leader Moskva

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:00:39 +0000

This is a one month expedition dedicated to the research of the ww2 shipwreck of the Russian lider ”Moskva”. During the naval battle of 25-26 June 1941, the leader “Moskva” and the leader “Kharkov” part of the task force “Vorosilov” aproched Romanian coast and opened fire on Constanta harbor. Romanian destroyers “NMS Regina Maria” and “NMS Marasti” engage the enamy and together with the “Tirpitz” coastal battery, manage to stop and turned them away. During the retreat, leader “Moskva” suffered a great explosion, broke in two parts and sank very quickly. The couse of explosion is anknown. Romanian version is that “Moskva” hit a mine in the Tuzla barrage and the unofficial Soviet version is that “Moskva” was hit by a torpido fiered by mistake from a Soviet submarine. Romanian navy resqued from the water 69 survivors including the commander A.B. Tuhov.

International Cleanup Day

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:00:47 +0000

International Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer event on behalf of the marine environment, is held each year on the third Saturday in September. It’s a global event that inspires people to remove rubbish and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris and to change the behaviours that cause pollution. This year we’ll double this event in the begining of the season because of the enormous quantities of debries witch acumulates during the winter time.

Divers and nondivers alike will meet to clean up the beach and the underwater portion of Capul Turcului in Eforie Sud. In this event we olso relay on the strong support of the volunteears from Eco Asist and Eforie Town Hall.

For the nondivers volunteears participating in this event we have a surprise! They will have the oportunity to try scubadiving and enjoy the underwater world they helped to protect.

Biological survey of Neptun – Olimp area

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:00:37 +0000

This is a one month expedition for identifying associations of plant and animal organisms with the highest risk of population reduction in southern part of the Romanian Black Sea coast.

First Respiro Society meeting

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:00:17 +0000

This is the first meeting of Respiro Underwater Research Society. We will have the opportunity to meet each other and, to establish personal contacts between members, to start new projects and to propose new activities. For the participants, the program will be available a couple of weeks before the meeting.